The Trabant was made and sold from the mid-’50s up until the early ’90s and served as a symbolic trope for Germany’s failure and struggles after World War II. Nowadays, the car is considered a collectors’ vehicle, but back in the day, it was highly criticized for, well, everything. The car stunk.
One of the more genius uses that car enthusiasts have found for this European piece of history, is to turn it into a highly-sought after six-wheeled limo. The combination of old-looking transportation with our modern technological inventions really shines through in this one. You can find and rent the Trabant Limo in its birthplace, namely Berlin and other popular East German cities.
Grand Prix Limo
When Formula One was first founded in 1950, nobody thought its cars would ever turn into limousines. This racing federation has some of the fastest racing cars in the world, with some of them reaching top speeds of up to 215 miles per hour. Fans tune in weekly to watch these single-seat open-cockpit racing machines battle it out on the Grand Prix.
While we don’t expect anyone to shatter a new world record with this car, it does seem to appeal to a very specific audience. Formula One enthusiasts would probably get a kick from being chauffeured around in a beautiful track-ready limo. The only drawback? The required helmet may ruin your expensive up-do.
Jet Limo
You might recognize Frank D'Angelo's name, either from one of the popular films he produced and starred in or as the wealthy Canadian food and restaurant entrepreneur. Apparently, he was challenged to take a real-life jet and turn it into a functioning limo. He recalls, “I was dumb enough at the time to say yeah, let’s do it.”
This beautiful hybrid between a jet and a limo arguably belongs in the list of the top ten best bets-turned-miracles of all time. It’s truly incredible that somehow D’Angelo and his team managed to take this one through to the end. It was originally introduced in 2006 as a proto-type concept but has since turned into a fully-fledged vehicle with a patent currently pending.
Monster Limo
There is no one vehicle type that is more American than a truck, and there is no truck more American than the massive monster truck. As if these preposterous four-wheeled beasts couldn’t get any bigger or crazier, one monster truck company actually took the time and effort to turn one of their trucks into a fully-functional monster truck limousine.
Just imagine the sheer madness of taking your friends out for an offroad adventure in one of these or even better, pulling up to a club in this thing. Its wheels are so big that they’re literally taller than your average adult male. When it comes to insane ideas that show why humanity is amazing and doomed at the same time, you can’t get much better than the stretched monster truck.
Ford Mustang Limo
Although the Mustang has seen various facelifts and modifications over the years, none have been quite as radial or interesting as the stretched Mustang limo. This limo continues Mustang’s tradition of providing extremely powerful muscle cars at some of the lowest prices you can find on the market, as it currently goes just around $10,000 on eBay.
We’ve heard reports that it has the same comfortable interior as the Mustang, although it’s clearly a bit too heavy on the plastic. Still, nobody buys one of these to feel like they’re in a Rolls Royce, they buy it to push the gas pedal and go really, really fast. This time you’ll be able to do it with an entire entourage, making this an unforgettable and relatively cheap purchase.